03-29-2016, 12:29 AM
Well, I just did it too. No, not another CB1100, altho I can see that happening one day.
Bought another Honda NT700V, the middleweight tourer. It's on the road being shipped up from Florida at this very moment.
This is the bike I had before the CB. The Honda Accord of motorcycles.
Somewhat plain, some say boring, but does both the 'round town and long trips very well. I couldn't pass up the deal.
$5K even for a bike with only 527 miles on it.
So, the Moto Guzzi Cali 1400 that I only bought in December went bye-bye to a new home in Massachusetts just yesterday.
We never bonded all that well. I actually DID like the technology- the three user settable riding modes and the three
settable levels of traction control. That plus ABS made it a very safe bike.
I couldn't get used to the feet-forward floorboards, or the angle of the floorboards. My right foot kept sliding off.
The left foot was OK, the heel-toe shifter kept my foot there. Also, in turns, the bike kept wanting to turn into the turn more.
A LOT more. Maybe a combo of the heavy front end and the rake, I dunno. But it felt unsafe to me to keep trying to put more
and more countersteering effort just to maintain your line in the turns. I could picture myself being tired after a long day and
forgetting or being sloppy and then getting into trouble.
Bought another Honda NT700V, the middleweight tourer. It's on the road being shipped up from Florida at this very moment.
This is the bike I had before the CB. The Honda Accord of motorcycles.
Somewhat plain, some say boring, but does both the 'round town and long trips very well. I couldn't pass up the deal.
$5K even for a bike with only 527 miles on it.
So, the Moto Guzzi Cali 1400 that I only bought in December went bye-bye to a new home in Massachusetts just yesterday.
We never bonded all that well. I actually DID like the technology- the three user settable riding modes and the three
settable levels of traction control. That plus ABS made it a very safe bike.
I couldn't get used to the feet-forward floorboards, or the angle of the floorboards. My right foot kept sliding off.
The left foot was OK, the heel-toe shifter kept my foot there. Also, in turns, the bike kept wanting to turn into the turn more.
A LOT more. Maybe a combo of the heavy front end and the rake, I dunno. But it felt unsafe to me to keep trying to put more
and more countersteering effort just to maintain your line in the turns. I could picture myself being tired after a long day and
forgetting or being sloppy and then getting into trouble.